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Hello there, long time no see…been busy with college.
Anyway…this post is about creating exceptions in avast.
If you have a file/folder/URL that avast detects as being/containing a virus, although you know it’s not, you can add the file/folder/URL as an exception to Avast. This can definitely be very useful.
I made this using Avast Home Edition 4.8.
But first…
Please note: crwld.org is not responsible for any damage you may do to your computer by following the instructions bellow.
So…you can add exceptions to files/folders and to Internet web sites.
To add a web site as an exception to Avast, left-click the Avast icon on the tray bar. A window will open.
On your left side you should be able to see Avast installed providers…if not, just click where it says ‘Details… >>‘.
When you can finally see the providers, select the ‘Web Shield‘ provider and click ‘Customize‘, ‘Exceptions‘, and in the ‘1. URLs to exclude:‘ box, press ‘Add…‘. After that, just write the URL you want to add as an exception. If you want all the ’sub-folders’ under that address to be also considered an exception you should add an ‘*‘ to the end of the URL…like this:
(example)
http://thiswebsitedoesnotcontainanyvirus.com/*
That should do it.
You can also exclude extensions as indicated in the label below the box, by writing the extension name:
(example)
*.txt
When you’re done adding exceptions just click ‘OK‘.
If you want to add a file/folder on your hard disk as an exception, you want to select the ‘Standard Shield‘ provider, and then click the ‘Advanced‘ tab. As in the ‘Web Shield‘ provider, you should see a small box where you can read ‘Here you can modify the list of locations that will not be scanned and/or tested (global exclusions are not appended):‘, which means ‘Here you can add an exception’.
So, you probably figured it out already…you have to go and click the ‘Add‘ button and write the path to the file/folder you want to add as an exception. Once again, if you wish to include sub-folders (if adding a folder), you should add an ‘*‘ to the end of the path…
(example)
C:\Users\MeAndMyself\TheseAreNotVirus\*or
C:\Users\MeAndMyself\TheseAreNotVirus\notavirus.exe
Click ‘OK‘ and again ‘OK‘ when you’re done to exit.
And this is how you can add exceptions to Avast…don’t forget that the path’s that you add will not be scanned or will be ignored by Avast, so…remember that.
Hope this helped someone.
Take care.
Merry Christmas!
